LING551 - Syntax II

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Syntax II
Term
2022A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING551001
Course number integer
551
Registration notes
Undergraduates Need Permission
Meeting times
MW 08:30 AM-10:00 AM
Meeting location
WLNT 300C
Level
graduate
Description
The second half of a year-long introduction to the formal study of natural language syntax. Topics to be covered include grammatical architecture; derivational versus representational statement of syntactic principles; movement and locality; the interface of syntax and semantics; argument structure; and other topics. The emphasis is on reading primary literature and discussing theoretical approaches, along with detailed case-studies of specific syntactic phenomena in different languages.
Course number only
551
Use local description
No